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The Golden Chance
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Title: The Golden Chance

Release Date: 30 Dec 1915

Runtime: 1h 14m

Genre: Drama

Director: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Production Companies: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Overview: Despite her well-bred upbringing, Mary had disobeyed her family’s wishes and married Steve Denby, a petty thief whose penchant for booze has left them destitute. Mary answers an ad to be a society woman’s seamstress and is hired by Mrs. Hillary. Mr. Hillary is trying to close a deal with Roger Manning and entices him by inviting him, as a dinner guest, to meet the “prettiest girl in the world.” Upon learning that the “prettiest girl” is indisposed, Mrs. Hillary, realizing that Mary had good upbringing, enlists Mary as a substitute. Naturally Mary and Manning fall in love, and, since the deal still isn’t signed, the Hillary’s hire Mary’s services for the weekend.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.5 (7 votes)

Cast

  • Mary Denby: Cleo Ridgely
  • Roger Manning: Wallace Reid
  • Steve Denby: Horace B. Carpenter
  • Mr. Hillary: Ernest Joy
  • Mrs. Hillary: Edythe Chapman
  • Jimmy The Rat: Raymond Hatton
  • Roger Manning's Valet - Introductory Sequence (uncredited): Lucien Littlefield
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